Phys.org picked up two University of Maine releases about current research projects. “Hungry bluefin tuna in a sea of plenty,” focuses on a study led by Walter Golet, assistant research professor in the School of Marine Sciences and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. In a paper in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series, the […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WVII (Channel 7) covered the 21st annual Maine Child Welfare Conference held at the University of Maine. Judith Josiah-Martin, director of the Office of Multicultural Programs director and lecturer in the School of Social Work, was the keynote speaker at the event. Diversity should be embraced in order to provide […]
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PennLive cited a 2008 University of Maine study in the article “‘A culture problem, not a college problem’: The discussion on combating hazing continues.” The study, which was conducted by researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden, found 74 percent of students that experienced at least one hazing behavior were in varsity athletics, while 73 were […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on an Orono-based company founded by two University of Maine graduates that has been awarded $224,996 from the National Science Foundation. The grant will allow Revolution Research, Inc. to create a prototype for the first completely eco-friendly thermal insulation foam board. Nadir Yildirim, a graduate of UMaine’s innovation engineering program and […]
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Several recent University of Maine graduates who have turned to farming as a career were mentioned in the Bangor Daily News article, “Forward, not back: The odds are Millennial farmers will fail. Why they pursue the good life anyway.” Margaret McCollough, who graduated in May with a degree in sustainable agriculture, has since returned to […]
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The Darling Marine Center was mentioned in a Current Publishing article on the Freeport-based Coastal Studies for Girls. The program is a semester-long, or 16-week, science and leadership school for 10th grade girls located on Wolfe’s Neck Farm in Freeport, where students become immersed in a marine science-based curriculum, according to the article. Recent student […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported U.S. Sen. Susan Collins met with students from around Maine who are visiting Washington, D.C. as they prepare to compete in the final round of the National History Day contest. NHD is an academic program that promotes critical thinking, research and presentation skills through project-based learning for students of all abilities. […]
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Marcella Sorg, a research professor of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the TribLIVE article “Korean War veteran, unidentified for decades, laid to rest in Pittsburgh.” Sorg was contacted to help identify a Korean War veteran whose remains were unnamed for 64 years. In 2012, the veteran’s […]
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The Maine Edge advanced the University of Maine Museum of Art’s summer exhibitions that will open to the public on June 19 and run through Sept. 19. The exhibits include Niho Kozuru’s “Inter/Dimension,” Anna Helper’s “Blind Spot,” and “With Ties to Maine,” a collection of Maine-related art celebrating the 150th anniversary of UMaine. The exhibit […]
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The Portland Press Herald published the opinion piece “To avoid ‘anything goes,’ let’s seriously evaluate transfer credits to UMaine” by Howard Segal, a history professor at the University of Maine.
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